LATEST: 'We're not strippers’: Sun City Prison dancers

Pictures of women in knee-high boots and lace lingerie dancing with inmates at a Johannesburg prison have recently been widely circulated on social media, causing an uproar.

The women were apparently allowed inside the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, commonly known as Sun City Prison, as part of a youth month celebration event.

In one picture, two women can be seen dancing with inmates in the prison courtyard while wardens looked on.

Accroding to Eyewitness News, at least 13 officials from the prison will now face suspension.

Acting National Commissioner James Smalberger said at a media briefing held on Monday that such an event should never have taken place in a correctional environment.

“What was not approved is this part of the entertainment, which is called entertainment but can never be entertainment for offenders who are serving sentences,” he said.

He apologised to South Africans, adding that a full investigation is now underway.

“We will make sure that those found guilty face the consequences of their actions.” #PrisonStrippers trended nationally on Monday, with South Africans taking to Twitter to express outrage - and crack some jokes.